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| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:52:54 GMT Technology Twitter followers 'can be bought' Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:16:58 GMT Technology Innocents accused of net piracy The crackdown on illegal file-sharers is catching innocent people alongside the pirates, according to a report. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:04:30 GMT Middle East Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting' Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections. |
| Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:19 GMT Science & Environment Ariane lofts biggest 'space bird' The world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite - to offer a terrestrial/satellite phone service - is put into orbit. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:56 GMT Business Vodafone agrees new Carphone deal Carphone Warehouse is to restart selling Vodafone mobile phone contracts, three years after Vodafone pulled the products. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:44:57 GMT Technology Traffic rockets to Twitter site The number of people visiting Twitter has soared over the past year, according to an internet monitoring company. |
| Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:33:18 GMT Technology Cash for Pirate Bay file-sharers New owners of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay say users will be paid for sharing files. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:03 GMT Science & Environment Climate change is shrinking sheep Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research in the journal Science. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:39:14 GMT Science & Environment Moon probe returns first images The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:47 GMT Earth News Amur tigers on 'genetic brink' The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:38:45 GMT Science & Environment World 'still losing biodiversity' Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns. |
| Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:19 GMT Science & Environment Ariane lofts biggest 'space bird' TerreStar-1, the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite, is put in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket. |
| Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:04:47 GMT Health Gene clues to schizophrenia risk A team of scientists identifies thousands of tiny genetic variations which raise the risk of schizophrenia. |
| Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:50:55 GMT Science & Environment Tags to help solve puffin decline Scientists hope hi-tech tags will help reveal why puffin numbers at one of the UK's key colonies have fallen by a third. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:40:07 GMT Science & Environment Lunar uranium and Martian sand traps: the week in space This week, a new lunar orbiter sent back its first images and engineers prepared a mock Mars rover to help free Spirit, which is stuck in a sand trap on the Red Planet |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:30:00 GMT Science & Environment Brain scanner for astronauts passes 'vomit comet' test A device designed to study astronauts' brain activity has been tested in zero gravity for the first time – one day it could be used to monitor mission-compromising depression |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:00:00 GMT Science & Environment Incredible shrinking sheep blamed on climate change The mysterious size reduction of Scottish sheep over the last 20 years can be explained by shorter winters, researchers say |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT Science & Environment Computer reveals stone tablet 'handwriting' in a flash Identifying individual carving styles on ancient tablets takes years of training – and even then can be up for debate – but now a computer can do it in seconds |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:49:00 GMT Science & Environment Money flows into green transport despite recession Investment in green transport rose in the second quarter of 2009 – bucking a six-month-long downward trend |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:00 GMT Science & Environment Most inspirational woman scientist revealed Find out who New Scientist readers voted the most inspirational woman scientist of all time |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:00 GMT Science & Environment Plant life saved Earth from an icy fate We owe our very existence to plants, which – thanks to their relationship with CO2 – have prevented the Earth from freezing over |